# CVE-2022-49646: wifi: mac80211: fix queue selection for mesh/OCB interfaces

> A flaw in Linux kernel mac80211 queue selection for mesh/OCB interfaces can cause driver issues and AQL underflow warnings, potentially leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 26 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49646, GHSA-8998-mv35-8cj9, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49646

## What is CVE-2022-49646?

CVE-2022-49646 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mac80211: fix queue selection for mesh/OCB interfaces

When using iTXQ, the code assumes that there is only one vif queue for
broadcast packets, using the BE queue. Allowing non-BE queue marking
violates that assumption and txq->ac == skb_queue_mapping is no longer
guaranteed. This can cause issues with queue handling in the driver and
also causes issues with the recent ATF change, resulting in an AQL
underflow warning.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49646?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49646?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49646 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49646 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
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- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49646 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49646 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49646 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49646/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49646/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49646
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49646
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49646

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49646/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.